INTRODUCING

GLOBAL POLITICS

From International Politics to

Global Politics
Global politics is based on a comprehensive approach to
world affairs that takes into account developments at and
across all levels: global, regional, national, sub-national
A variety of factors have transformed international
politics into global politics:
(1) the emergence of new actors alongside states and
national governments
(2) increased levels of interconnectedness and
interdependence
(3) a growing framework of regional and global governance

International Politics
The Westphalian state-system as origin
Study called International Relation was created after
WWI
Debates on IP
1930-50 (Two World Wars): Realist vs. Liberalist
1950-80s (Bipolarity): Neo-realist, Neo-liberalist vs. Marxist
Since 1980 (Multi polarity): Positivist vs. Post Positivist

Perspectives on
global politics
The two mainstream perspectives are REALISM
(Thomas Hobbes) and LIBERALISM (Immanuel Kant):
both are grounded in positivism and focus on the
balance between conflict and cooperation in state
relations, though they offer different accounts of this
balance
Critical theories (e.g. MARXIST, FEMINIST,
POSTSTRUCTURALIST) tend to adopt a post-positivist
approach to theory, and contest the global status quo by
aligning themselves with the interests of marginalized or
oppressed groups (Michel Foucault).

Group Presentation 1
Presenting Critical Theories
1. Marxism and Neo-Marxism
2. Social Constructivism
3. Post Structuralism
4. Post Colonialism
5. Green Politics
6. Feminism